Prof. DR MASUDUL ALAM CHOUDHURY, PhD

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZATIONS

Ph.D. Political Economy, University of Toronto, OISE. 1977.
Thesis: "Some Aspects of Optimal Human Capital Investment and Economic Growth: Theoretical and Empirical Study", Prof. M. Handa.

M.A. Political Economy, University of Toronto, 1973.
Major Paper: "Foundations of Islamic Economics", Prof. Samuel Hollander.

M.Phil. Mathematical Statistics with Specialization in Econometrics, University of Islamabad, 1969.
Thesis: "Multicollinearity Problem in Economic Models", Prof. A.H. Baloch.

M.Sc. Pure & Applied Mathematics, University of Islamabad, 1968.

B.Sc. Hons. Pure Mathematics, University of Dhaka, 1967.


TEACHING/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Professor of Finance and Economics, College of Industrial Management, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia (on leave from Cape Breton University (CBU)) 1999-2001.

(Full & tenured) Professor of Economics (1992-present), Cape Breton University (CBU), Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 6L2, Canada. Associate Professor 1985-92.

Visiting Professor in Social Economics, Department of Sociology of Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1984-85.

Senior Economist, Economics and Policy Planning Department, the Islamic Development Bank, 1983-84.

Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, 1979-83.

Adjunct Lecturer in Statistics, University of Regina, 1978-79.

Manpower Planning Officer, Saskatchewan Department of Labour, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1978-79.

Research Economist, Ontario Ministry of Labour, and Manpower Economist, Saskatchewan Department of Labour, 1977-79.

Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Chittagong, 1969-72.

A total of over 30 years of teaching & research experience.


OTHER TEACHING/RESEARCH POSITIONS

Invited as Visiting Full Professor in Economics, School of Social Sciences, Science University of Malaysia, April - August 31, 1995: presenting a series of eight lectures in Islamic Social Sciences and launching the Second International Conference in Islamic Political Economy: "The Structure of Islamic Political Economy at the Turn of the Century: A Global Paradigm"; team work in establishing the International Project on Islamic Political Economy at this School; the Minor Package in Islamic Political Economy at this School; editing along with others the Proceedings of the First International Conference in Islamic Political Economy entitled, Islamic Political Economy in Capitalist Globalization: An Agenda for Change;


Invited as Visiting Full Professor (April-August 31, 1994), Faculty of Economics, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia: team research on Malaysian econometric model, faculty lectures and evaluation of economics program; established the Islamic Economics Module and completed the book, Alternative Perspectives of Third-World Development: The Case of Malaysia (published by Macmillan, London & St. Martin's, NY 1996) with Drs. Uzir Abdul Malik and Mohd. Anuar Adnan; other joint publications with some UKM Economics Faculty members; participated in the IRPA Privatization Project.